Photographic-printing machine.



W. O. HUEBNER. PHOTOGRAPHIO PRINTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 21, 1011. L043A3Q. Patented Nav. 5, 1912.

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W. 0. HUBBNER'. PHOTOGRAPH IG PRINTING MAGHINE. APPLICATIQN FILED JAN.Z-1, 1911.

Patefited Nov. 5, 1912.

W. 0. HUEBNER.

PHOTOGRAPHIO PRINTING MACHINE.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 3 fi/z'Znesses Md. Qawg.

WIIQLIAM c. H'UEBi F "NHE i WWW r m WW 01" AiiSIGNDR 3Q ITUEBNER-BLEISTEEE YATTEE .fi GDMEH INY, {FF ZEUFEAIAQ, NEW YORK.

FFE EQGRAPHTULPREEFTING MACHIN Poison-ted Nov. 5 1591?.

a citizen of the United States msiding at Buffalo, in the county of Fr-io one? State of New York, have invented new and usa'fui improvement in Photographio-Printing chines, of which the following is a spooifiration,

This invention reia tes to machines for proiiucing photogfaphic prints upon the sensitized surfaces of oyiindors or roiiers, .such, for funstziiicna as are used in printing wall paper and in other multicolor printing. In color printing, when two or more 10L 01's are printed one over aha other, to complate a. subject, it is' essoniuinl thai; the s evemi prints composing the subject 'WhlCh are on two or more cy1inqiers, shoulci reg exactly when all the colors are assemhlod upon one sheet or printreoeiving pore.-v

Th3 object of the invemion-is i0 "provide an efiicieni; machine by means of which photogrwphio prints can be expeditiousiy and cheaply produced; upon sonsitizeci cylindrical surfaces in the roquiro position or arm-mix ment; and furthermoro, to construct a chine of this mat-um which is ospooioliy ad'apted for producing iill'ge pi'isits or a,

. direction of tho axis of the cylinder one its plurality of prints simultaneously The machine comp-rises, briofiy stated, tho sensitized cylinder or roller, a carriage in which tho cylinder or roller is jourmiod .so that it call. be rotambiy adjuoiefi, two chambers; cases or cam-ism coirtairziingg soit able illuminating means which are Berra; oppooite to each other on opposito sioos f the cylinder Midi Which-mo piwwiciod h o tronsparomt. conoovoci face'piaws press flexible transparent prim. rm f sheets against the oensiti-ze cyiim hee, meano foi 'fsimuitmoousiy mo 1 illuminating-ohombais toward and imam we cylinder tho pi mg films oi? against Mic romowa: o1: from izhe. V tized surface, mschanigms for adjusting mo cylinder carriage longitudinally or in "oils 1* rotatably adjusting the oylimdm bewson; 1e

illuminating chambors so ihai; this fiims'o'r sheets can ho sip iiieci with aoonmcy to those portions of the sensitized surface,

upon which it is required to make the pril s. In the accompanying drawings, consist" Mug, of three sheets: Figure 1 is gay mmsvorao as. Fig. 3 is a sectional plan View thereof.

"igf. iis a longitudinal sectional elm Minn 'iiliiiQOf. Fig. 551:5 a fragmentary transverse m1 thereof, showing in elevation one end -oyiinder carriage. Fig. 6 is a fragmontzzry longitudinal seciional devotion, on are. eniargeci scaio, of the cylinder oari-isigo. 7 is an elevation partly in sectiop won iii-11o "4'--'Z, Fig. 6. i

Like reference characters refer parts in the several figures.

A; represents the main fromo of the mm chine. This'frsime be of any suitable construction, that shown eompiising an upright rectangular central portion a in which the cylinder carriage is movabio longitudinaily, and opposite from and rear upright portions 35 and. a in which the iil iminating simmbrs are mouaiteci to move toward and the cylinder.

B represents the cylinder or roller having thosmsitizsed printingsm'face. The sensi t like surface can ioo provided either '(iiifecii on tho printing oylimder or roller iiseii} or on a sepamte thin plate, shoot or which is fasteiied on the cylinder 01: moi-lei". A sensitized plate Z) is shown in Fig l which is secured on the cylinder by so clamping bar I) which bears on the ends of "tho sensitizeii plate and hstoneci to the cyiinder and operated by smrow oiamps b at its omlo.

C represento the movable carriage in which tho cylinder Bis rotatabiy and re Iowa-hi3! mounted. Tho carriage shown. con- 03": an aprighi. roctzmgguim' frame Whisk. is to she between omit-able upper zmi lower longitudinal guide rails c c in "the minimal portion of the main frame. The cylinder is journaieci. by ti'unnions o at its ends in the upright omis of a bearing frame support 0 which is pivoted cenizi-ally @90 to'swin-g horizontally in he car- (I 0116 end 0 of the pivoied a is iiingeci "to the bottom 1 the mm has an opemeiidod ":13 seat for ciao oylimior journal to par- :al of tho cylinder? first d carriage C i0 one and. of 'the madame boyozacl the opposi'to upmglifi p01"- o a, oftho mam frame, tho pivoted l cylinder support 0 can he swung to a. crossise position in the carriage to enable the cylinder to he readily placed in or removed from the carriage or the sensitized plate 3) to be secured on or removed. from the cylin-.

. riage.

coupled D represents a shaft journaled in one end of the carriage C for turning the cylinder and locking the pivoted cylinder support fronrswinging in the carriage. This shaft is adopted to slide endwise in a bearing in one end of the carriage or engaging and releasing. the cylinder and is detachsbly with the adjacent journal of the cylinder, for instance, by providing the shaft 'With a tapering square inner end adapted to enter a. corresponding socket in the journal. ihe shaft is moved to engage and release the cylinder by suitable means, such, for instance, as a shifting lever (7. pivoted on the carriage and provided with means 03 of any suitable kind for holding the lever und shaft in proper position. The

cylinder could he 'removnbly mounted so as to' rotate and be adjusted longitudinally in the machine in other suitable Ways.

E and ii represent the illuminating chambers, cases or carriers, which are urrunged at opposite sides of the cylinder B, and e and 6 represent the flexible transparent "printing films or sheets which are orrenged between the concuved face plates 0 of thechamhers and the sensitized surface of the cylinder. These chambers contain electric lumps e or other suitable illuminating apparatus. and are so mounted that they can be moved toward and from the cylinder for pressing the printing films or sheets ugeinst'the latter and removing them there.

from. As shown, the illuminating chambers are mounted to slide toward and from the cylinder on parallel guide bars 0' on the front and rear portions a u? of the frame A. The transparent tece'plntes e of the chamhers are of proper segmental cylindriczil shape to the cylinder closely and press the ilexib le printiug films or sheets evenly against the sensitized cylindrical surface. Each face plate covers nearly onehalf of the cylinder so that practically the entire sensitized surface can be printed at one time thus enabling tlie singultaneous production of two large prints oi a larger number of smaller prints. The flexible printing films or sheets extend across the concerted Faces of the face plates, each film or sheet heing attached at opposite ends to suitable rollers or burs a mounted on the illuminating chamber. Que of the rollers. e t'tir each film or sheet is preferably uctuated so the. or sheet to as r iniuetii'ig chamb r index. but l iiicient cu to tigl'itly enili-iuce the cylinder. mental film 6 is shown in congu the printing film or sheet a for 5, desired effects, such, torinsts'ince, lilo-3n" nction produc ing or screening the light from parts Wi'ieie a clear surface is required, in a Well known manner. This supplemental film is mounted similarly to the printing film or sheet if desired, one oi the illuminating 'clisinliiers can he used alone for insltii'ig one or more pi'ii'its on one-half of the cylinder. and in that case the other chmnhcr serves i e support or pressure device for -The cylinder-c "logo (I is incied tudinally to unjust the cylinder lens-t relative to the illuminating clan. suitable adjusting mochanismsuch. for example, as two screw shafts l? l' iournuletl on the central portion of the inuin frame and Working in nuts on the carriage. screw shafts are connected icy bevel. gears and f .to a shaft f" which causes a corresponding motion of both screw shafts. The screw shaft F is connected by c. chil -n and chain wheels. or other gearing, to the loose or s1 moraine-r of c. clutch G, the other, or driw iig member which secured to a drive shalt provides with a pulley for powerydriven belt, or other means for driving it. This clutch G may he an electric clutch of any suitahle construction which'is adapted when ener gized by closing its operating circuit cause the driven member to rotate and i the adjusting screws F l and to stop zirrest the motion of the sm'ew the clutch circuit is opened.

The cylinder turned for circuini tinlly adjusting the sensitized surface tire to the illuminating chambers. For instance by the ii'illowing mechanism: The cylinder rotating shaft l) is connected bev'elgeers l 5 ton shaft 2" which is'join nziled in the carriage C connected by bevel gears i to a shaft K which journeledhe lower portion of tie raisin. frame. e nection with shaft D to perzn to slide its hearing to the cyiindeig HS hetore explzi" bevel i is fit-untried l, on the carriage C am the shaft if so that will heft when the carriage is udinally and thus enable '5 e cylinder in any position o.

i h bevel genie i has slicli T e shaft l; connected by Z incense similar to the clutch G and operates simi larly, throu h the described mechanism, to

. rotatably it just the cylinder.

The means shown for moving the illuminating chamber E toward and from the cylinder consist of a pair of screws M se cured to the ends of the chamber and havmg screwthresded engagements with the hubs of bevel gears m which are suitably jO'llIIlflled on the front portion a o'lt'the main frame. Each of these wheels com.

--nested by bevel gears n to a cross shaft n andby bevel. gears n to the operating shaft m so that both illuminating chambers are moved simultaneously and correspondingly by turning this shaft 122*. Suitable mechafnism of other construction for moving the illuminating chambers'toward and from the cylinder could be employed. In the use of the machine, the cylinder carris e is moved by its sd'ustin mocha-- 2' C3 nism toward one end of the machine until it iswithdrswn from between the ill umi muting chambers, the shaft I) is moved to release the cylinder and the pivoted cylinder support c is swung around to a crosswise position'inthe carriage. The cylinder is then placed inthe pivoted support c, end the letter is swung back parallel With the carriage C and is locked by moving' the shaft D again into engagement with the cylinder journal. The cylinder is now adjusted so that the printing films or sheets 7 stand opposite to those portions of the sensitizcd surface upon which the prints are to hemsde, and for thispurpose the mcchw nisms for nd uStmg the cylinder clrcnn'r ferentially and lengthwise are resorted to as may be necessary. When the cylinder has been properly flfljllSlGd, the illuminating chambers are moved by the described mechanism to press the printing films or sheets against lllGmSQllSli-lZQd cylindrical surface. The exposure is then made and the chambers with the printing films or "sheets are withdrawn from the cylinder the latter isremovedfrom the machine and the sensitized surface is finished for pr'intin :in'any suitable or Well-known manner, or, when the prints are being made on one-half vonly of the cylinder, the cylinder can be suitably adjusted for printing in a correspending. position on the other half of the cylinder.

InLorder to operate the adjusting mechanisms so that the cylinder can be adjusted rapidly andwith great precision, micrometer controllers G and F are prov. The controller is connected by any suitable gearing 0 to the mechanism driven by the clutch G, and the other controller r1:

connected by suitable gearing p to the.

nisms driven thereby when the cylinder reaches the predetermined position, in the manner fully described in my copending application, Serial No. (319,560, tiled April 7, 1911.

i'Vhen several cylinders are .to be providcd with the design for producing multi-color prints, the prints ere readily made upon all the cylinders of the some in exact register by adjusting the cylinders to corresponding positions by the described 'mech'anisms controlled by the controllers O and P.

I claim as my invention: I

1. The combination of acylinder cnrria ge, s cylinder supportpivoted in said carriage, a cylinder provided with a, sensitized surface and rotutably mounted on said support, an illuminating: chamber adapted to press a printing film or sheet againstthe sensitized surface, and means for adjusting said cerrings lengthwise relative to said chamber, substantially as set forth;

2. The combination of a cylinder carriage, a cylinder support pivoted in said earring a cylinoer prorided with a sensitized surface and rotatably and rcmovsbly mounted on said support, an illuminating chamber, means for moving said chamber toward said cylinder to press a printing film or sheet against the sensitized surface, and means 1 for adjusting said carriage lengthwise relstive to said chamber, substantially as set forth.

8. The colinbins-tion of a cylinder provided with s sensitized surface. illuminating; chambers arranged at opposite sides of said cylinder, means for movii'ig said chambers to press printing films or sheets s ainst the SfillSltlZQd sur'tsce, and means for cl'isnging the posltion of said cylinder lengthwise reh nti e to said chambers, substantially esv set forth. ti

4-. The combination of a cylinder provided With s sensitized surface, illuminating chambers arranged at opposite sides .of said cylinder, means formcving said chambers to press printing films or sheets egsins'tthe sensitized surface, means for changing the position of said cylinder circumferentieily, and means for changing the position of said cylinder lengthwise relativeto said chum hers, substantially set forth.

5. The combination of a cylinder provided with m lliurzimting chambers arranged at spyssxis 5 mi said or sheets wainsi i118 :semltizfld sm'mce, and

means changmg pnsifiien 0i sm'zai s3 index lengihwise relative to said ahamb-srs, substantially set for'h. i

6. somblmiion 6' cyiinergwnvided with a sensitize surmca, illuminating chambers arra-mgai at opxgosiw skies of sai ader; means for mawmg said chamhers finder press printing fiims sensitized surface,

"g 0si iien 0f said cyl- 53 MM means for hs gsbmum 0% said syliz'ider m saii c hwflc ars, sub- "damn "'1 2. S6 smmbers .21 sma syn msans iox slmultaneeusly msviug am 'i chambers teward. said cylinder videcl Wi to couple it in ably mammal mi; apposite sifiies I 60 press ining films or sheeasz s 25 sensitized surfaee, mm 13163135 1701' dung; the poeitinn of said oy'lindes: iz'eiaiivfi'to saw chambers, subsian'tiaiiy as set Earth.

8, The combination with a cyliner 1 sensiiiizsd surface, in" Imtin P film means fol? muvinq said cham at 1:0 grass priming '15. 2 or shsbst against sensitized mace, 01"" a cyiinder carriige, a sugpart for s id cylinc iez" pivot? 4 if; saidcarriagfla, a shaft fer turning 22L cylinfier which is mow-able on saifi carriage and unceu ble it from sai i cylinder, sai. amrriage being movabie 0 aha-11% the position of said cylinder minim to sine"; chamber, and mechanism for rofia' ing said 5112 subssantialiy as set forth.

Wfixess my hand, this 19th day 0i 5:111- :mry, 1911.

WILLIAM HUEBNE'F. 

